6BR prairie dog loads.

[17VLD]

When the 6mm 55 Nosler bt was new I tried them in my .243. Settled on a good load right at 4000fps, spotted a prairie dog at 100 yards and was pretty sure I hit him,didn't see a body so I walked out. Turns out I did hit him but all I could find was the tiniest little pieces. If I had any worries about punching through they vaporized right then just like that pd. Not a great b.c. but boy are they fun.
Matt

 

[Dgd6mm]

If it was me before June 2026 I'd take the 75vmax and 87vmax out to test. From load development out to 600-700 yards. I won't chase my tail to long, I'd make my decision based on the performance for the bullet of choice and roll with it. It's not complicated.

 

[AckleymanII]

with an 8T with .105 Freebore, you will give up 200 fps+ vs a 12-14T with zero-.058 Freebore. 3900 fps with a 27" 12 Twist is what you will get with a Lilja 3 Groove, Hart, Krieger. 65's are doing 3550-3650 fps and 70s are doing 3500-3550, H335, Rem 7 1/2. Benchmark, 8208, H322 are accurate but much slower.

Lobbing bullets at P. dogs does not work for me, need for speed and acrobatics. 87s in a larger case with 3300 fps gets the job done.

 

[Tommie]

May have to try that. Have you used any nosler BT 55 gr (not the varmagedons) on prairie dogs? I know they are a tougher bullet so curious how they work. I bought about 1000 of them from an estate auction one day for about $50 so I have plenty of them to burn.

You struck gold. Load them up and have fun!

 

[Dgd6mm]

with an 8T with .105 Freebore, you will give up 200 fps+ vs a 12-14T with zero-.058 Freebore. 3900 fps with a 27" 12 Twist is what you will get with a Lilja 3 Groove, Hart, Krieger. 65's are doing 3550-3650 fps and 70s are doing 3500-3550, H335, Rem 7 1/2. Benchmark, 8208, H322 are accurate but much slower.

Lobbing bullets at P. dogs does not work for me, need for speed and acrobatics. 87s in a larger case with 3300 fps gets the job done.

Wow....that's some good inf.